Antigua and Barbuda Introduction 2018, CIA World Factbook

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Antigua and Barbuda Introduction 2018

SOURCE: 2018 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES

Page last updated on February 28, 2018

Background:
The Siboney were the first people to inhabit the islands of Antigua and Barbuda in 2400 B.C., but Arawak Indians populated the islands when COLUMBUS landed on his second voyage in 1493. Early Spanish and French settlements were succeeded by an English colony in 1667. Slavery, established to run the sugar plantations on Antigua, was abolished in 1834. The islands became an independent state within the British Commonwealth of Nations in 1981. On 6 September 2017, Hurricane Irma passed over the island of Barbuda devastating the island and forcing the evacuation of the population to Antigua. Almost all the structures on Barbuda were destroyed and the vegetation stripped, but Antigua was spared the worst.

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Antigua and Barbuda Introduction 2018 SOURCE: 2018 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK AND OTHER SOURCES